Apolonia Cemetery
CR 214, Anderson, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1860
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Apolonia Cemetery.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Apolonia Cemetery
Known as Pine Grove for its Baptist church, this cemetery was in use by the 1860s on land donated by J. L. and Eveline Mansfield. It held graves of Confederate veterans and of Brosig T. Wasson, Grimes County's first fatality of the First World War. It was renamed for a defunct post office after the church disbanded in 1929.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Apolonia Cemetery
Known as Pine Grove for the Baptist church that was focus for community in the area, this burial ground was in use in 1860s. Tombstone of Mrs. Harriet Hobdy Kelley is dated 1869, but there may be earlier, unmarked graves. Land donors were (1886) J. L. and Eveline Mansfield. War veterans here: the Confederates Richard Butler, Henderson Green, and W. T. Wasson; also Wasson's son, Brosig T. Wasson, Grimes County's first fatality of World War I. When the church disbanded in 1929, the cemetery was renamed for area's defunct post office. At least one family has 3 generations here. (1974) Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5185008563
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